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“An actress who has the gift of swaying the emotions of an audience, of compelling tribute of tears, or of moving the public to joyous merriment, cannot always be satisfied to set aside her whole career, in the work that she loves, simply because she is married.”

Whole Moving Emotion Careers Audience Tears Married Actresses Satisfied Compelling Joyous Tribute Merriment Swaying

Author:Billie Burke

“It make one's mouth hurt to speak with such forced merriment.”

Speak Hurt Mouths Merriment

Book:The Santaland Diaries ; And, Season's Greetings

Source: The Santaland Diaries ; And, Season's Greetings

“These men are worth your tears. You are not worth their merriment.”

Men Tears Merriment

Book:The Collected poems of Wilfred Owen

Source: The Collected poems of Wilfred Owen

“Tiffs among the faggots were apparently the stuff of quiet merriment.”

Stuff Quiet Merriment

Book:A Dangerous Thing

Source: A Dangerous Thing

“There are no ordinary people. You have never talked to a mere mortal.”

People Ordinary Mere Mortals Ordinary People Merriment Gnats Circumspection Gods And Goddesses Mere Mortals

Book:Christian Reflections

Source: Christian Reflections

“People of the same trade seldom meet together, even for merriment and diversion, but the conversation ends in a conspiracy against the public, or in some contrivance to raise prices.”

“There are no ordinary people. You have never talked to a mere mortal. Nations, cultures, arts, civilizations--these are mortal, and their life is to ours as the life of a gnat.”

People Art Life Is Culture Nations Civilization Ordinary Mere Mortals Ordinary People Merriment Gnats Circumspection Gods And Goddesses Mere Mortals

Book:Christian Reflections

Source: Christian Reflections

“Who would guess," he teased, "that I'd ever see you on a rooftop with straw in your hair?" Kit giggled. "Are you saying I've turned into a crow?" "Not exactly." His eyes were intensely blue with merriment. "I can still see the green feathers if I look hard enough. But they've done their best to make you into a sparrow, haven't they?”

Ifs Looks Stills I Can Hard Done Enough Eye Havens Hair Blue Green His Eyes Feathers Crow Straws Sparrows Rooftops Merriment

Author:Elizabeth George Speare

“I hear that in many places something has happened to Christmas; that it is changing from a time of merriment and carefree gaiety to a holiday which is filled with tedium; that many people dread the day and the obligation to give Christmas presents is a nightmare to weary, bored souls; that the children of enlightened parents no longer believe in Santa Claus; that all in all, the effort to be happy and have pleasure makes many honest hearts grow dark with despair instead of beaming with good will and cheerfulness.”

“I am not merry, but I do beguile the thing I am by seeming otherwise.”

Feelings Emotion Emotional Memorable Merry Seeming Merriment Desdemona

Author:William Shakespeare

“Merrily, merrily shall I live now, Under the blossom that hangs on the bough.”

Memorable Merriment

Author:William Shakespeare

“With mirth and laughter let old wrinkles come. And let my liver rather heat with wine, than my heart cool with mortifying groans.”

Heart My Heart Laughter Wine Heat Wrinkles Liver Mirth Merriment

Book:The plays of William Shakespeare ...: With the corrections and illustrations of various commentators

Source: The plays of William Shakespeare ...: With the corrections and illustrations of various commentators

“And thus they give the time, that Nature meant for peaceful sleep and meditative snores, to ceaseless din and mindless merriment and waste of shoes and floors.”

Giving Peace Nature Sleep Waste Dancing Shoes Peaceful Mindless Merriment Peaceful Sleep

Book:Phantasmagoria

Source: Phantasmagoria

“A horse which stops dead just before a jump and thus propels its rider into a graceful arc provides a splendid excuse for general merriment.”

Horse Excuse Splendid Riders Arcs Merriment Equestrian Great Horse Horse And Rider

Author:Prince Philip

“An ounce of mirth is worth a pound of sorrow.”

Sorrow Pounds Mirth Merriment

Book:The Practical Works of the Rev. Richard Baxter: With a Life of the Author, and a Critical Examination of His Writings

Source: The Practical Works of the Rev. Richard Baxter: With a Life of the Author, and a Critical Examination of His Writings

“Damn the great executives, the men of measured merriment, damn the men with careful smiles, damn the men that run the shops, oh, damn their measured merriment.”

Men Running He Man Careful Damn Shops Executives Merriment

Author:Sinclair Lewis

“Music is a means capable of expressing dark dramatism and pure rapture, suffering and ecstasy, fiery and cold fury, melancholy and wild merriment – and the subtlest nuances and interplay of these feelings which words are powerless to express and which are unattainable in painting and sculpture.”

Mean Feelings Suffering Dark Painting Cold Pure Music Is Capable Melancholy Ecstasy Powerless Sculpture Fury Rapture Nuance Fiery Unattainable Merriment

Author:Dmitri Shostakovich

“As Tammie glow'red, amazed and curious, The mirth and fun grew fast and furious.”

Fun Grew Red Curiosity Curious Amazed Furious Mirth Merriment

Author:Robert Burns

“Christmas was close at hand, in all his bluff and hearty honesty; it was the season of hospitality, merriment, and open-heartedness; the old year was preparing, like an ancient philosopher, to call his friends around him, and amidst the sound of feasting and revelry to pass gently and calmly away.”

Years Hands Sound Honesty Seasons Ancient Philosopher Christmas Preparing Hospitality Hearty Merriment Bluffs Old Year Feasting Revelry

Book:The Works of Charles Dickens

Source: The Works of Charles Dickens

“This merriment of parsons is mighty offensive.”

Church Offensive Merriment

Author:Samuel Johnson

“We should talk over the lessons of the day, or lose them in Music, Chess, or the merriments of our family companions.”

Should Loses Lessons Chess Our Family Companion Merriment

Book:Jefferson: Political Writings

Source: Jefferson: Political Writings

“Before the curse of statistics fell upon mankind we lived a happy, innocent life, full of merriment and go and informed by fairly good judgment.”

Mankind Judgment Innocent Curse Statistics Assessment Good Judgment Merriment Innocent Life

Author:Hilaire Belloc

“Joy is the serious business of heaven. Our merriment must be between people who take each other seriously.”

People Joy Heaven Serious Merriment Serious Business

Author:C. S. Lewis

“Tis ever common That men are merriest when they are from home.”

Men Home Common Merriment

Author:William Shakespeare

“Always laugh when you can; it is cheap medicine. Merriment is a philosophy not well understood. It is the sunny side of existence.”

Wells Philosophy Sides Existence Laughing Laughter Understood Medicine Sunny Merriment Sunny Side

Author:Lord Byron

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